JURIST

MAY 30, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice John Roberts declined senators’ request on Thursday to discuss Justice Alito’s Appeal to Heaven and the upside-down American flag controversy, which raised questions about the US Supreme Court’s ethics and impartiality. Both flags have been associated with supporters of former President Trump.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 21, 2023

Rhode Island state senator was ordered to pay restitution after he keyed a SUV with an anti-Biden sticker and then lied to police. Judges routinely order payments not to the treasury or a victim fund but charities of the court’s choice. While the sentence is fairly standard, it seems a tad light in this particular case.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 12, 2022

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island recently granted a title insurance company's motion for reconsideration, holding that the insured did not suffer a loss when it lost title to two properties.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases moved from state to federal courts. All five petitions concern whether federal common law, which is law developed over time by courts, or state law applies to lawsuits over greenhouse-gas emissions that cross state lines.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

“Anti-Abortion Activists Formally Ask Supreme Court to Consider Fetal Personhood”: Caitlin Cruz has this post at Jezebel about a petition for writ of certiorari filed last week in the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday, the State of Rhode Island filed this waiver of response on behalf of all respondents.

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Law 360

MAY 1, 2024

The general treasurer of Rhode Island has sued Paramount Global in Delaware's Chancery Court for access to records regarding efforts to merge the mass media giant with Skydance Media, accusing Paramount's billionaire controller, Shari Redstone, of usurping company opportunities and tilting the terms and processes toward her own benefit.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 13, 2022

“Federal court denies RI students appeal claiming constitutional right to civics education”: Linda Borg of The Providence Journal has this report. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link. ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. .”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This is the same constitutional provision that the Colorado Supreme Court used to bar Trump from appearing on the state’s ballot earlier this week. At the federal level, a party must have standing to bring suit in court. His legal challenges have been dismissed in Florida, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 22, 2022

“High court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exudes competence, says Judge Selya”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Selya, for whom Jackson clerked in 1997-1998; ‘Some people have the capacity to inspire by example and the force of their reason.’

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2021

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law on Tuesday released updated statistics on the racial, ethnic and gender diversity in state supreme courts around the US. The center believes that “a diverse bench is vital to achieving a fair system of justice and promoting trust in the courts.”

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ABA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

A Rhode Island lawyer who mistakenly thought he was successful in electronically filing a slip-and-fall lawsuit was granted a reprieve last week when the state’s…

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2022

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rhode Island students can’t proceed with their lawsuit contending that the state failed to provide an adequate civics…

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on a New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home, marking the first time the nation’s highest court has considered a major Second Amendment decision in more than a decade, reports the New York Times. Concealed carry holster. photo by 22860 via Flickr.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

Providence, Rhode Island police officer Jeann Lugo’s criminal record has been sealed nearly two months after he was acquitted on an assault charge for attacking his Democratic opponent at an abortion-rights rally earlier this year, Amy Russo reports for the Providence Journal.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2022

Abortion policy is now in the hands of the states following the US Supreme Court’s Friday decision in Dobbs v. ” Biden emphasized that this is the first time the court has revoked a constitutional right, calling it a “sad day for the court and for the country.” Wade and Planned Parenthood v.

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Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2021

A group of 15 conservative states led by Indiana urged the First Circuit on Thursday to allow Rhode Island's lawsuit against Shell, Chevron and other energy companies over climate change-related infrastructure costs to proceed in federal court rather than state court.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2021

A justice on Massachusetts’ top court has declined to impose an interim suspension on a lawyer convicted of neglect in Rhode Island for failing to…

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2023

The Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act sponsored by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] will be brought to a vote before the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by fellow Democrat Dick Durbin [D-Ill], on July 20th. The announcement follows a string of controversial decisions by the court , with seemingly more on the way.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2022

The flagship university of Modern Jewish Orthodoxy turned to the US Supreme Court on Monday in hopes of blocking a lower-court order that would require it to formally recognize an LGBTQ+ student organization. The New York court also rejected the university’s constitutional arguments.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 17, 2024

Today, the Supreme Court will hear two of the most important cases of the term. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A. The court went even further in Arlington v. In both lower court cases, Chevron carried the day for the agency. Court of Appeals for the D.C. The ruling of the D.C.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

.” In its complaint, the DOJ requested a court order for the divestiture of Google’s ad tech businesses. The eight states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont. In 2020, the DOJ filed a similar civil antitrust complaint against Google.

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Law 360

AUGUST 18, 2022

The First Circuit on Thursday held that a Rhode Island federal court was correct to toss a putative investor class action against CVS over its acquisition of Omnicare, agreeing with the lower court that the shareholders hadn't pointed to any false statements made by the pharmacy chain.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts.

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Mondaq

MARCH 3, 2022

On February 17, 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously authorized an administrative complaint and a lawsuit in US District Court for the District of Rhode Island to block the.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, marking the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Share The Supreme Court court on Wednesday released a new list of circuit assignments to reflect Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s arrival at the court in late June. Jackson is the circuit justice for the 1st Circuit, which covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Because courts significantly altered operations, they took in 40 percent less cases in state and federal prison compared to 2019. . percent, while Rhode Island had the lowest prison percentage capacity, with only 51.3 The 2020 imprisonment rate of 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents is the lowest seen since 1992, BJS said.

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LPB Network

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Yesterday the First Circuit issued its decision in Rhode Island v. which addresses the scope of appellate jurisdiction over district court remand orders—the same issue for which the Supreme Court granted certiorari (in a Fourth Circuit. Shell Oil Products Co.,

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partially revived Rhode Island and other investors' securities fraud action against Google parent Alphabet Inc., reversing a lower court's order while holding the state plausibly alleged the tech giant made materially misleading statements in quarterly reports about a data breach.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

As the repercussions of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling on Roe v. In 2019, Illinois and New York enacted provisions excluding a pregnant person from fetal homicide laws, and Rhode Island repealed its fetal homicide law. . Supreme Court, reports Bloomberg News. Wade continue to shake U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Share It has been just over two months since ProPublica revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas had not included over two decades’ worth of frequent luxury travel hosted by Harlan Crow, a Dallas billionaire, on the annual financial disclosures that the Supreme Court justices file each year.

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The Crime Report

JULY 2, 2021

In Rhode Island, juror compensation stands at a flat rate of $15 per day, regardless of how long or in which court one serves. Rhode Island Sen. Both states compensate jurors $50 daily thereafter and have funding available for unemployed jurors.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Democratic lawmakers in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont all proposed decriminalization bills this year. Critics of decriminalization say such policies could decrease access to treatment, because fewer low-level offenders will be pushed into court-ordered programs.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2022

” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse stated that he appreciated that she has judicial methodology instead of a judicial philosophy. .” ” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse stated that he appreciated that she has judicial methodology instead of a judicial philosophy.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

The California bill would reject any out-of-state court judgments removing children from their parents’ custody because they allowed gender-affirming healthcare. It also would make arrest warrants based on alleged violation of another state’s law against receiving such care the lowest priority for California law enforcement.

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Parasec

APRIL 4, 2024

Federal: Federal Court Rules CTA Unconstitutional On March 1, 2024, a federal court in Alabama ruled in National Small Business United (NSBU) v. The court enjoined the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from enforcing the CTA against the plaintiffs.

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